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  <h1 class="topictitle1">Step 2: (Optional) Creating a File Directory</h1>
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   <p>Directories can be created in a file system as resources. Backup, replication, archiving, and file-level restoration can be performed for these file directories.</p>
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    <h4 class="sectiontitle">Prerequisites</h4>
    <p>A file system has been added.</p>
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     <li><span>Choose <span class="uicontrol" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200007781__en-us_topic_0000002199964685_uicontrol72431342173117"><b><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200007781__en-us_topic_0000002199964685_text152438422312"><strong>Protection</strong></span> &gt; File Systems &gt; NDMP</b></span>.</span></li>
     <li><span>Click the <span class="uicontrol"><b>File Directory</b></span> tab and click <span class="uicontrol"><b>Create</b></span>.</span><p></p><p>Configure parameters as required. <a href="#EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200007781__table10816171742816">Table 1</a> describes the parameters.</p>
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         <b>Table 1 </b>Parameters for creating a file directory
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          <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="50%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.2.2.2.2.3.1.2 "><p>Select a created storage device. To create a storage device, refer to <a href="en-us_topic_0000002200007849.html">Step 1: Adding a Storage Device</a>.</p></td>
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          <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="50%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.2.2.2.2.3.1.2 "><p>Enter the full path of the directory, for example, <strong>/opt/b</strong>.</p></td>
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     <strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="en-us_topic_0000002164766738.html">Backing Up an NDMP NAS File System</a>
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